BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--The CSU Bakersfield men's and women's swimming teams head to Long Beach this week for the Arena Invitational.The meet will run from Thursday, Nov. 15-Saturday, Nov. 17. The prelims each day are set for 9 a.m. with the finals getting under way at 6 p.m.

"Our men need to prove we are not having an off year with so many youngsters," said CSUB director of swimming Chris Hansen. "We need to ride off the Arizona State win and go after these big schools. Mitch Wurm, Fran Cverle, Joao Foresto and Dan Wickensheimer will need to guide their young class and show them how to handle a meet of this caliber."

"Our women want to go and show these other schools where we are taking our program," Hansed commented. "This is not an easy field to make it back to finals without swimming your heart out in the prelims. I want our team to be swimming at night and I want to beat some of these teams. Cal won the NCAA Championship last year and we want to race them."